Mandy Stoddart, Drought lambing (Wildlife and Animal 2018)

My heart went out to these little bundles that had the bad luck to be born during a drought. I wanted to convey the frailty and total dependency of a new born lamb. If the mother is weak the lamb will be abandoned. If the mother is strong the lamb has a good chance of survival. We have spent months supplementary feeding the ewes and have been rewarded with a good lambing.

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